East Cambridgeshire is best known in England for Ely Cathedral, the monumental medieval church rising above the Fens. The district stretches across low-lying, carefully drained farmland east of the River Great Ouse, where broad skies, straight waterways and productive fields shape the local setting. Market towns and villages retain strong links with Cambridge and the cathedral city of Ely. Wicken Fen, managed by the National Trust, preserves a contrasting wetland of reedbeds, sedge and grassland. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how East Cambridgeshire relates to the surrounding Fens and waterways.
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